Exam 3: Gender Specific Programming for Female Offenders

Gender entrapment is a model that reveals how behaviors that are highly functional in one milieu can be ____________ in another.

Within today's prison walls, there is a trend much stronger in _______ than in the U.S. to provide gender-specific programing to inmates with addiction problems.

Research shows that programs for girls would do better when they focus on preparing girls to be dutiful wives.

Feminists tend to propose treating gender as a key element of social organization rather than as a(n):

Ensuring that women in male-dominated fields conform to male performance standards is known as

The pathways model by feminist criminologist views male and female offenders as _________.

Gender-specific programming attends to issues of mental health, creating a safe environment, relationships, and trauma history.

According to the text, within the criminal justice system the equality principle has been used against women when women are connected to crime through their protection of family members.

Trauma-informed approaches are built on what is known about common responses to:

For women offenders, the thinking-errors approach has been a major contribution in boosting girls' and women's self-efficacy.

Research shows that programs for girls would do better when they focus on:

The gender-blind treatment of women in the criminal justice system, especially when such an approach is unnecessary or harmful, is termed by feminist criminologists as:

According to the text, the recognition of male/female developmental differences is important in shaping approaches that will tap into the __________ of each gender.

Match the term with the appropriate definition. -Gendered pathways

Give an example of gender-specific programming for girls.

According to the text, the recognition of male/female developmental differences is important in shaping approaches that will tap into the interests and strengths of each gender.

The gender-blind treatment of women by the major institutions of society, especially when such an approach is unnecessary or harmful, is known as equality with a ________.

Eliminating the discriminatory treatment and oppression that women have experienced in the past through equalization under the law is known as the gender-specific approach.

Explain in detail the arguments of gender-neutral versus gender-specific and how it affects criminality in women.

Although the terms are used interchangeably, for many feminists sex is generally seen as a biological term while gender is seen as a _________ term.